Joshua Thibodeau of Holden collapsed during a low-speed drill with 15 others at the Zalgiris Soccer Camp at Wachusett Regional High School.
HOLDEN — A 12-year-old boy has died shortly after collapsing in the field at the beginning of a soccer camp in central Massachusetts.
Joshua Thibodeau of Holden collapsed during a low-speed drill with 15 others shortly before 10 a.m. Monday. He was rushed to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, where doctors pronounced him dead at 10:45 a.m.
Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. says the office of the state medical examiner has accepted the case and will conduct an autopsy.
State and Holden police officers are also investigating the incident.
The boy was attending the Zalgiris Soccer Camp at Wachusett Regional High School.